Summary

Next week will be a committee week in the European Parliament.

Interesting votes are expected to take place.

On Tuesday, the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (“ENVI”) is expected (subject to confirmation) to vote on the compromise agreement reached between the Parliament and the Council of the EU on December 19, 2018, on the proposal for a Single-Use Plastics Directive.  The compromise agreement was adopted officially by the Council of the EU today, January 18.  The purpose of the proposal is to prevent and reduce the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.  More specifically, the new rules target the ten single-use plastic products most often found on Europe’s beaches and seas.  Also, the new rules include obligations for producers to help cover the costs of waste management, collection targets and short timeline for achieving reductions in the consumption of some single-use plastic products, including plastic tobacco filter.  See the draft compromise text here.

On the same day, ENVI will also vote on its non-legally binding own-initiative report on the Implementation of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive.  The report seeks to analyze possible shortcomings in the implementation of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive (Directive 2011/24) and make recommendations to improve the Directive.  The draft report assesses various aspects of cross-border healthcare, including funding for cross-border healthcare, patient mobility, patient information and access to cross-border healthcare, e-Health and interoperable healthcare applications.  See the draft report here, and the amendments tabled to the draft report here.

Also on Tuesday, ENVI is expected to vote on the compromise agreement reached between the Parliament and the Council of the EU on November 27, 2018, on the proposal for a Regulation on the Definition, Presentation and Labelling of Spirit Drinks.  The proposal intends to replace current Regulation 110/2008. Among other things, it replaces the existing procedures for the protection of geographical indications (“GIs”) that apply to spirit drinks with new ones based on updated procedures for quality schemes applied to agricultural products.  In addition, the Commission would adopt a “publicly accessible updated electronic register” of recognised GIs for spirit drinks.  The proposal also includes provisions regarding joint applications and oppositions.  See the draft comprise agreement reached on the proposal here.

Meetings and Agenda

Monday, January 21, 2019

Committee on Budgetary Control

16:30 – 18:30

  • European Added Value
    • Rapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE, CZ)

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

15:00 – 17:00

  • Economic dialogue and exchange of views with Eugen Orlando TEODOROVICI, ECOFIN Chair and Minister of Public Finance of Romania

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Safety

15:00 – 18:30

Debates

  • Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme – Exchange of views with Ms Graţiela Leocadia GAVRILESCU, Romanian Vice Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment and Mr Ioan Deneş, Minister of Waters and Forests

Votes

  • Laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked fertilising products -Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Elisabetta GARDINI (EPP, IT)
  • Union Civil Protection Mechanism – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Elisabetta GARDINI (EPP, IT)
  • Alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO)

Committee on Transport and Tourism

15:00 – 18:30

More information available here

Committee on Petitions

15:00 – 18:30

More information available here

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Committee on Budgetary Control

09:00 – 12:00

  • Discharges 2017: Commission, European Parliament, other institutions

15:00 – 18:30

  • Discharges 2017: Agencies

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

14:30 – 16:00

  • Economic dialogue and exchange of views with Nadia Calviño, Minister for the Economic and Enterprise of Spain

16:00 – 17:00

Votes

  • Introduction of the detailed technical measures for the operation of the definitive VAT system for the taxation of trade between Member States (CNS)
    • Rapporteur: Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO (EPP, IT)

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

09:00 – 18:30

Debates

  • Joint meeting of ECON, ENVI
  • Presentation of the Council Presidency’s Programme – Exchange of views with M Petre DAEA, Romanian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme – Exchange of views with Ms Sorina PINTEA, Romanian Minister of Health
  • Exchange of views with the Commission on endocrine disruptors

Votes

  • Definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs and the

protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

    • Rapporteur: Pilar AYUSO (EPP, ES)
  • Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles (recast) – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Miriam DALLI (S&D, MT)
  • Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Co-rapporteurs: Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), Guillaume BALAS (S&D, FR), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL, IE), Eleonora EVI (EFDD, IT), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP, FI), Valentinas MAZURONIS (ALDE, LT)
  • Objection pursuant to Rule 106: genetically modified oilseed rapes Ms8, Rf3 and Ms8 × Rf3 (D059688) – Adoption of motion for a resolution –
    • Co-rapporteurs: Roberto Gualtieri (IT, S&D), José Manuel Fernandes (PT, EPP)
  • Objection pursuant to Rule 106: genetically modified maize 5307 (SYN-Ø53Ø7-1) (D059689) – Adoption of motion for a resolution
    • Co-rapporteurs: Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), Guillaume BALAS (S&D, FR), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL,IE), Eleonora EVI (EFDD, IT), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP, FI), Valentinas MAZURONIS (ALDE, LT)
  • Objection pursuant to Rule 106: genetically modified maize MON 87403 (MON874Ø3-1) (D059691) – Adoption of motion for a resolution
    • Co-rapporteurs: Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), Guillaume BALAS (S&D, FR), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL, IE), Eleonora EVI (EFDD, IT), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP, FI), Valentinas MAZURONIS (ALDE, LT)
  • Objection pursuant to Rule 106: genetically modified cotton GHB614 x LLCotton25 × MON 15985 (D059692) – Adoption of motion for a resolution
    • Co-rapporteurs: Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), Guillaume BALAS (S&D, FR), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL, IE), Eleonora EVI (EFDD, IT), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP, FI), Valentinas MAZURONIS (ALDE, LT)
  • Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction in accordance with the Paris Agreement – Adoption of questions for oral answer
    • Co-rapporteurs: Peter LIESE (EPP, DE), Jytte GUTELAND (S&D, SV), Nils TORVALDS (ALDE, FI), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL, IE), Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA, NL), Eleonora EVI (EFDD, IT)
  • Implementation of the legal provisions and the Joint Statement ensuring parliamentary scrutiny over decentralised agencies – Adoption of draft opinion
    • Rapporteur: Ivo BELET (EPP, BE)
  • Minimum requirements for water reuse – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Simona BONAFÈ (S&D, IT)
  • Implementation of the cross-border Healthcare Directive – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Ivo BELET (EPP, BE)
  • Implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Jytte GUTELAND (S&D, SV)
  • Discharge 2017: General budget of the EU – European Commission – European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – European Environment Agency (EEA) – European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) – European Medicines Agency (EMA) – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – Adoption of draft opinions
    • Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vălean (EPP, RO)

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

09:00 – 18:30

Debates

  • Public Hearing: Harmonisation as principle for single market legislation
  • Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme with Nicolae BĂDĂLĂU, Romanian Minister of Economy
  • Exchange of views with Věra JOUROVÁ, Commissioner responsible for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality

Votes

  • Better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules -Adoption of draft report, Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Daniel DALTON (ECR, UK)
  • Insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to ensure against such liability – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Dita CHARANZOVÁ (ALDE, CZ)
  • Establishing the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Nicola DANTI (S&D, IT)
  • Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the

Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and

services – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional

negotiations

    • Rapporteur: Morten LØKKEGAARD (ALDE, DA)
  • Union Customs Code – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from

interinstitutional negotiations

    • Rapporteur: Jasenko SELIMOVIC (ALDE, SV)
  • Laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked

fertilising products – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from

interinstitutional negotiations

    • Rapporteur: Mihai ŢURCANU (EPP, RO)
  • Approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Nicola DANTI (S&D, IT)

Committee on Transport and Tourism

09:00 – 12:30

  • Time limit for the implementation of the special rules regarding maximum length in case of cabs delivering improved aerodynamic performance, energy efficiency and safety performance (COD) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Karima DELLI (Greens/EFA, FR)
  • Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (COD) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Roberts ZILE (ECR, LV)
  • Exchange of views with Romanian Interim-Minister of Transport, Mrs. Rovana Plumb, on Romanian Presidency priorities

Committee on Regional Development

09:00 – 18:30

  • Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the

European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument – (COD) – Adoption of draft report

    • Co-rapporteurs: Andrey NOVAKOV (EPP, BG) and Constanze KREHL (S&D, DE)
  • Exchange of views with Rovana Plumb, Minister of European Funds, President in office of the Council of the European Union, on the priorities of Romanian Presidency in the field of Cohesion policy
  • Exchange of views with Corina Creţu, Commissioner for Regional Policy

Committee on Culture and Education

09:00 – 17:30

  • Study requested by CULT Committee, commissioned and managed by the

Policy Department – “Film Financing and the Digital Single Market: its Future, the Role of Territoriality and New Models of Financing” – Presentation by prof. Bernt HUGENHOLTZ, Institute for Information Law (IViR)

  • Presentation of the priorities of the Romanian Presidency by Minister of National Education, Ecaterina Andronescu, Minister of Culture and National Identity, Valer-Daniel Breaz and Minister of Youth and Sports, Constantin-Bogdan Matei

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

09:00 – 18:30

Votes (10.00)

  • European citizens’ initiative (COD) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: György SCHÖPFLIN (EPP, HU)
  • EU Citizenship – implementation of the Treaty provisions (INI) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA RUIZ (ALDE, ES)
  • Enhanced cooperation – implementation of the Treaty provisions (INI) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR)
  • Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in the EU institutional framework (INI) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Barbara SPINELLI (GUE/NGL, IT)
  • Parliament’s power of political control over the Commission – implementation of the Treaty provisions (INI) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Mercedes BRESSO (S&D, IT)

Debate

15:00 – 16:30

  • The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Article 50

TEU) – exchange of views on the state of play of the negotiations on Brexit with the participation of Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Parliament’s coordinator for the negotiations and Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) member of Agenda Parliament’s Brexit Steering Group

Vote

16:30 – 17:00

  • Proposal for amending Parliament’s Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (INL) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT)

Committee on Petitions

09:00 – 18:30

Votes

  • Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2018 (INI) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Cecilia WIKSTRÖM (ALDE, SE)

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Committee on Budgets

10:30 – 12:30

  • Overview of the execution of the 2018 budget: Presentation by the European Commission on main execution figures in commitments and payments, autonomous transfers and decommitments

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

14:30 – 17:30

Debate

  • Exchange of views with Marius-Constantin BUDĂI (Romanian Minister of Labour and Social Justice) – Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

10:00 – 12:30

Votes

  • Internal market for electricity (recast) (COD) – Vote on the provisional

agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

  • Rapporteur: Krišjānis KARIŅŠ (EPP, LV)
  • Common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast) (COD) – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Krišjānis KARIŅŠ (EPP, LV)
  • Risk-preparedness in the electricity sector (COD) – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Flavio ZANONATO (S&D, IT)
  • European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast)

(COD) – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional

negotiations

  • Rapporteur: Morten HELVEG PETERSEN (ALDE, DK)

Debate

17:15 – 18:30

  • Exchange of views with Julian KING, European Commissioner for the Security Union, on the security research budget under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

14:30 – 18:30

  • Exchange of views with Mr Petre Daea, Minister of Agriculture and Rural

Development, on the priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of agriculture

Electronic votes

  • Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain (COD) – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Paolo De CASTRO (S&D, IT)
  • Implementation report as regards Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Jørn DOHRMANN (ECR, DK)

Committee on Legal Affairs

10:30 – 11:30

Votes

  • Rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes (COD) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
  • Rapporteur: Pavel SVOBODA (EPP, CZ)
  • Proposed amendments to Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union (COD) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D, DE)
  • Preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures (COD) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations
    • Rapporteur: Angelika NIEBLER (EPP, DE)
  • Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (COD) – adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL (EPP, ES)
  • Action of the Union following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (COD)  – Adoption of draft report

Rapporteur: Virginie ROZIÈRE (S&D, FR)

Debates

  • Priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU (15.00-16.00)
  • Hearing on Standard Essential Patent and the Internet of Things

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

09:00 – 10:30

Debates

  • Priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the area of Justice and Home Affairs – presentation by Tudorel TOADER, Minister of Justice and Carmen Daniela DAN, Minister of Internal Affairs

16:00 – 16:45

  • Legal migration pilot projects – state of play – presentation by Paraskevi

MICHOU, Director-General DG HOME, European Commission

11:45 – 12:30

Votes

  • Creation of a European network of immigration liaison officers (recast) (COD) – adoption of draft report and vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations and of the composition of the negotiating team
    • Rapporteur: Cécile Kashetu KYENGE (S&D, IT)
  • Exchange of information on third country nationals and European Criminal

Records Information System (ECRIS) (ECRIS-TCN system) (COD) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

    • Rapporteur: Daniel DALTON (ECR, UK)

Committee on Fisheries

09:00 – 18:30

Votes

  • Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2018-2024) (NLE) – Adoption of draft recommendation (consent)
    • Rapporteur: João Ferreira (GUE/NGL, PT)
  • Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Community (2018-2024) (NLE) – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: João Ferreira (GUE/NGL, PT)
  • Conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement (NLE) – Adoption of draft recommendation (consent)
    • Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (EPP, FR)
  • Conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement (NLE) – Agenda 10/12 – Adoption of draft report
    • Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (EPP, FR)
  • Multiannual plan for fish stocks in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 establishing a multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) 509/2007 and (EC) 1300/2008 – Vote on the provisional

agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

    • Rapporteur: Alain CADEC (EPP, FR)

Debates

  • Romanian Presidency of the European Union – Exchange of views with Petre Daea, Romanian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, on the priorities of the Romanian Presidency
  • Romanian Presidency of the European Union – Exchange of views with Petre Daea, Romanian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, on the priorities of the Romanian Presidency

Public hearing

  • The future of small-scale fishing in the European Union

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Vote

  • Women’s rights in Western Balkans (RSP) – adoption of question for oral answer and adoption of motion for a resolution
    • Rapporteur: Biljana BORZAN (S&D, Croatia)

Debates

10:30 – 11:30

  • Priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the area of women’s rights and gender equality – presentation by Marius-Constantin BUDAI, Minister for Labour and Social Justice

11:30 – 13:00

  • Hearing on implementation of the EU funds aimed at fighting violence against women and girls

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

09:00 – 12:30

Debate

  • Exchange of views with Commissioner Phil Hogan, responsible for agriculture and rural development, on the new green architecture of the legislative proposals for the post-2020 CAP

Committee on Fisheries

09:00 – 12:30

  • Workshop on the ‘Implementation and impact of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) measures on the Common Fisheries Policy, and the proposal for the post-2020 EMFF’

Joint meeting: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Legal Affairs Committees

09:00 – 10:00

  • Justice programme (COD) – consideration of amendments
    • Co-rapporteurs: Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI) and Josef WEIDENHOLZER (S&D, AT)

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

09:00 – 12:00

More information available here

Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance

09:00 -10:30

Public hearing

  • “Alleged Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax avoidance in Slovakia, more information available here

10:30 – 12:00

Public hearing

  • The evaluation of the Tax GAP, more information available here

 

 

 

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